Friday, April 26, 2024

Edibles & Potables: Sunday headline potpourri

Enjoy your eating and drinking, life is about variety and I’m certainly not going to stop drinking wine or cocktails. If you say "I’m into wine and don’t like beer," that’s like saying, "I...

Štruklji, Jota and Pelinkovac — or, what I ate and drank on winter break

Your correspondent and his lovely wife spent time before and after Thanksgiving across the pond: In Zagreb (Croatia), Ljubljana and Lake Bled (Slovenia) and Trieste (Italy). In addition to taking a break from the...

The Taste Bud: A weekly fish fry at Maricque’s Bar in Green Bay

In terms of professional sports, the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin is an anomaly. The fabled Green Bay Packers NFL franchise is one of the league's oldest, founded in 1919, and also America's only non-profit,...

Edibles and Potables: Victory gardens return, channeling energy into dirt

Victory gardens are making a comeback. "A Victory Garden today can be any garden with a purpose that you define personally," writes historian Rose Hayden-Smith. "That purpose can be a family project to raise food...

Louisville Burger Week is back (July 19 – 25), with $6 burgers at 50+...

(Edibles & Potables is taking a break today because burgers are all anyone wants to talk about, anyway) Louisville Burger Week returns tomorrow (Monday 19 July) and runs through Sunday the 25th. It will be...

Okay, who baked an old-fashioned Election Cake?

And, if you did bake an Election Day cake, is there a file inside? Depending on the election results today, saving the booze for your own use, calling for pizza delivery and letting the kids...

Louisville Pizza Week 2021 starts TOMORROW (Monday, November 15)

(Edibles & Potables, our usual Sunday column, is taking a break this week.) Louisville Pizza Week is seven days of paying homage to all things ‘za, no matter how you slice it. Each participating restaurant...

So why shouldn’t veggies glow in the dark?

It is no secret that guys avoid eating fruits and vegetables whenever possible. And who can blame them? Frankly, eating produce can be extremely dangerous. Nature has spent millions of years equipping her plants with...

Edibles & Potables: Louisville Burger Week is here. Or is it Louisville Sandwich Week?

Louisville “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between” Week begins tomorrow (Monday 18 July). https://foodanddine.com/its-the-return-of-louisville-burger-week-july-18-24/ Strictly speaking, it's simple. Burgers and hot dogs are, in fact, sandwiches. The answer...
Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce

Cooking with Ron — Summer Farm Markets Are the Recipe For A Vegan Paradise...

Summer in Louisville is a Vegan Paradise Summer! What a wonderful time it must be to be a vegan in Louisville. I am not a vegan (one philosophically and morally committed to avoiding consuming any...